Yes, I used "Run As Administrator" as you described. My Windows version is 32-bit Vista Business Service Pack 2.

TCC is Version 11.00.40 Windows is Vista Business Service Pack 2 (Version 6.0.6002) I tried running as administrator, but without success. Instead of the link, TCC creates a 0 byte file named "MyShadowCopy" in C:\

On http://blogs.msdn.com/adioltean/archive/2008/02/28/a-simple-way-to-access-shadow-copies-in-vista.aspx they describe a way to access a Volume Shadow Copy in Vista by linking it into the NTFS file system using mklink. Example: MkLink /d c:\MyShadowCopy...